Check-punch



(No Model.)

G. W. MALLORY.

CHECK PUNGH.

No. 420,728. Patented Feb. 4, 1890-.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFiCEe GEORGE V. MALLORY, OF FAIRHAVEN,OONNECTICUT.v

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SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 420,728, dated February4, 1890.

Application filea March '7, 1889.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MALLORY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fairhaven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented new andl useful Improvements inCheck-Punches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in implements for imprintingcharacters in papersfor instance, for placingon a check or draft numbersto indicate the face thereof, which will not be capable of change, theobj ect being to provide an instrument for the purpose mentioned whichwill be simple, cheap, and durable, and easily manipulated; and theinvention consists in the construction and combination of'parts, allsubstantially as will hereinafter more fully appear, and be set forth inthe claim. 4

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of theimproved imple-v ment. Fig. 2 is' an end view of the implement, showingsame as laid down and as in disuse. Fig. 3 is a Vertical longitudinalsectional view of part of the instrument; and Figs. 4 and 5 are detailViews, to be hereinafter referred to.

This implement comprises a pair of levers A B, intermediately halvedtogether and pivoted, their portions at on'e end forming jaws a b and attheir other 'forming handle-arms c d, a spring e being applied betweensaid handle-arms for normally maintaining said jaws separated, and allas common in pliers and pinchers, except that the jaws are peculiarlj7formed for the accommodation of the parts hereinafter described.` Thejaw a is formed straight and with a fiat top, and the jaw b from thepivot-point out-wardly diverges with relation to said jaw a, and is ofincreasing height toward its outer end, and has a slot f transverselythereof, 01' in a plane at right angles to the length of the said jaws aand b.

The' character-imprinting dies g are carried on the periphery of a diskor cylinder O, which has a slight aXial length as compared with itsdiameter, said cylinder being held in the said slot by a bolt h, passedthrough the outer and inner parts 15 16 of the jaw and through thecenter hole t'of the interp'osed cylinder O.

Serial No. 302,237. (No model.)

The rear side of said cylinder has a hubj, provided with a series ofnotches 7a, corresponding in number and regularly disposed relatively tothe arrangement of the character-im printing dies on the cylinder, and Zrepresents a detent. or catch lever pivoted intermediately thereof in alongitudinal slot or aperture m of the rear portion of the jaw b, saiddetent being held to an engagement in one of said notches by the springn.

The character-imprinting dies peripherally disposed on and carried bythe cylinder have their working-faces composed of a series of spurs,whereby to indicate the Outline of the character by piercing orperforating and without removing any of the paper within such Outline.The die for each Character has its body preferably formed of a taperingplug p, as seen in Fig. et, on the outer end of' which thecharacter-perforating points or spurs are 'integrally formed, and saidplugs are firmly driven into tapering sockets within the periphery ofthe cylinder. Said plugs may be formed screw-threadedas seen in Fig. 5,and engaged with corresponding screw-threaded sockets in the cylinder.The part of the jaw a against which the die works when the handles c (Zare forced together is preferably bushed with soft rubber or othersimilar yielding material, a's at q, whereby better results in pointof,an even perforation of the paper are attained. A spring 1' is securedat the rear part of the jaw a and extends forwardly thereon, its forwardend being adapted to bear with an easy pressure on the check or otherpaper when inserted be- .tween said spring` and. the jaw a, and in theuse of the implement the handles of same being grasped by the righthand, after one character has been impressed into the paper, whilemanipulating the catch land rotatable cylinder with the left hand, thepaper will be held on the jaw a by said spring.

D represents an abutment'gage to be placed at a suitable distance fromthe outer end of jaw a, so that the position of a Character ora linethereof on a paper maybe regulated and uniforinity secured. It ispreferable to form said gage adjustable, which may be accomplished invarious ways, one of which is illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein the saidjaw a has l'OO a longitudinal slot s, the gage having a lug tfitting andguided in said slot and held in place by the contact of the said spring'r thereon. By forming the gag'e adj ustable the line of characters maybe formed at any distance within the capabilities of the instrument fromthe margin of the paper.

The instrument is rendered of great-er efficiency for the usecontemplated by having indicating-marks on the cylinder registering withsome part of its carrying-jaw, Whereby the then lowermost or Working diemay be determined. In the instrument illustrated dies for thedollar-mark, cipher, (0,) and nnmerals l to 9, inclusive, are provided,and when the die to imprint 3 is in working position the same isindicated by a character 3, stamped on the rear face of the cylinder oron the periphery tl1ere0f,or both, adjacent to and at the left of thejaw b. By turning the cylinder to bring another of said stampedcharacters into the said position adjacent to the jaw b the die toimprint a corresponding character will be then in its working position.

The lateral arms 'v v, which are formed on and projected from the sidesof the jaw b, prevent When the instrument is laid down the Working-diefaces from striking the table or other object on which the iniplement isplaced, as on an inspection of Fig. 2 will be clearly understood. Ofcourse in lien of the perforatingspurs the dies may be constructed Withcutting-edges to remove portions of the paper to indicate the Outline ofa oharacter; but the foruiing of said characters byaserios ofperforations is preferred.

VVhat I clai m as my invention is- An implement for imprintingcharacters in papers, oonsisting of two intermediately pivoted levers AB, constituting handles and jaws, a cylinder transversely disposed androtatable on one of said jaws, having character-imprnting diesperipherally arranged thereon, and lateral guard-arms o 1;,substantiallyas and for the purpose (lescribed.

- GEO. W. MALLORY. fitnessesz G. M. CHAMBERLAIN, H. A. GHAPIN.

